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| Born | 16 April 1988 Alotau, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tommy Butterfield (born 1988) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who played for the PNG Hunters and Brisbane Tigers as a hooker in the Queensland Cup .He is a Papua New Guinea international and was previously contracted to the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League.
Butterfield attended Redcliffe State High School and the University of the Sunshine Coast. [2]
Butterfield was a Redcliffe Dolphins junior and played for the Easts Tigers in the Queensland Cup.
In 2012 he was approached by Whitehaven but the club failed to get Rugby Football League approval. [3]
Butterfield toured Europe with Papua New Guinea in 2007. [4] He was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 World Cup, but did not make the final squad. [5]
In 2009 he played for PNG against Australia's Prime Minister's XIII. [4]
In 2010 he played for Australian Universities Rugby League when they toured England and France. [2]
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